Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

This is for Shannon only...

Why recommend subs to be played over phone speakers and not via wired headphones? Just thinking about it...less noise from the outside world interfering with the sub, the sound is more focused and you're hearing it better....so unless i'm missing something I just don't see how playing the subs over phone speakers can be in any way better than with wired headphones (wired not bluetooth).

Unless the recommendation is just for practical purposes (not having to be with headphones for hours per day listening). 

I'm just curious which one is better or if both are the same or if in reality wired headphones are better but the impact difference is about the same and just not as practical.

I will say that from listening to a sub with headphones that takes just one hour of listening time per day I was getting headaches and my brain was just feeling really tired.  Shannon's subs are definitely powerful and the experience makes me think i'm missing out in terms of impact by not listening to my subs over headphones.  Obviously i'll be listening to the sub at a lower volume next time so hopefully it goes smoother and also my brain gets used to it.

But I did listen to it with my headphones at the same volume that I play it over the phone speakers and the after effects where much more powerful.  It really felt like a ton of information was being processed and I was just feeling weird all day.

The reasons we use a cell phone and play it through the speakers have been much discussed in the past, but I will detail it once again, and put it in the FAQ this time.

The more advanced and powerful the subliminals become, the more volume sensitive them become for whatever reason.  The ONLY way for me to know that you're hearing it at the intended volume is for you to have only one volume adjustment, and then make sure that what it is played through is the same as everyone else using it.  The only thing that works for this is a cell phone through the speakers.  This doesn't even work all the time, because the app being used to play it may have it's own volume control on top of that of the phone.  (In that case, ditch that app and use something that has no volume adjustments.)

Played through a headphone, the volume range differs between type of headphone (earbud, over the ear, resting on the ear), quality of headphone (cheaper is less volume) and some headphones have their own volume controls (again, very bad).  Furthermore, not everyone can use headphones, or the same kind of or quality of headphones, and some headphones are not wired.  This makes headphones entirely unsuitable for following the instructions, as you have discovered with headaches.  You are not missing out on anything by FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS.  I know what I am doing, and I created them.

The same volume setting from your cell phone speaker to a headphone is therefore effectively MUCH LOUDER through headphones, which is why you got the signs of overexposure (headaches and exhaustion).  You cannot use the same volume through cell phone speakers and headphones.  This difference in volume is much worsened if you try to use laptop speakers, and even more exacerbated by using external speakers.  FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.

You will never have to worry about getting the full effects of a subliminal you listen to according to the instructions.  Ultrasonic format works just fine even in environments where the audible sounds are extremly loud because the pitch is different, so it acts as an entirely different input channel.  If you need to use Masked format, make sure you have a relatively quiet environment or wait until you do.  DO NOT USE HEAPHONES - EXPECIALLY WITH ULTRASONIC FORMAT!

Another reason we don't use headphones is because it is too easy to accidentally undervolume or overvolume the ultrasonic audio after even properly adjusting it and either get no results or potentially overloading your brain, triggering reversal resistance or even damaging your ears.

Furthermore, the INSTRUCTIONS are not recommendations.  I don't know how many times I have to tell you guys this.  They are the exact and very specific way that 98%+ of people are going to get the best possible results.  It takes me up to a week of modeling these figures to determine what the instructions should be, and that's a lot of time that I could be working in some other direction, so you know that the instructions, and FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS, is very important indeed.  "Recommendations" would take me all of 30 seconds to type out.  The INSTRUCTIONS are not recommended, they are specific and important information you need o know to not underexpose (little to no results) or overexpose (headaches, exhaustion) yourself and get the best results.

To recap:

Shannon knows what he's doing, and Shannon knows what he's talking about.  The INSTRUCTIONS are not suggestions or recommendations, and the ONLY time you don't follow them is if they don't work.  Then you ask Shannon how to proceed.  You NEVER use headphones because at best you don't know what volume to use and at worst you could cause damage to your hearing and overload your subconscious, potentially causing it to reverse the instructions or stonewall entirely, which means you spent that money and time to get NOTHING.  Ultrasonic format works just fine even in a dance club level volume situation.  You're not missing out on anything by FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS because SHANNON MADE THEM AND SHANNON KNOWS WHAT THE HELL HE'S DOING AND TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES  TO USING THEM.